Oh Dear

[Walter Bright]

Rainer Deyke wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> According to the python pep, the integer / divide semantics changed from
>> "C" style to match what the floating point / does. While this makes
>> sense for a language that is typeless, it doesn't work for D because:
> 
> The PEP is wrong (which underlines the need for accurate documentation,
> I guess).  Integer division in Python uses floor division instead of
> truncated division, and to the best of my knowledge has always used
> floor division.  This is the result of a deliberate choice.  Floor
> division is usually technically superior to truncated division
> 
> The operator for integer division in Python has recently changed from
> '/' to '//', but Python still has an integer division operator and this
> operator still uses floor division.

If Python always used floor division, why did it add a // operator that 
does exactly the same thing as / ?


http://www.python.org/doc/2.2.3/whatsnew/node7.html